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Registered charity · Kent

The Sittingbourne Orpheus Choral Society

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £22k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Kent
Website
www.socs.info (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1977

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£22k£23k
  • 2024£30k£20k
  • 2023£19k£23k
Earlier years
  • 2022£15k£14k
  • 2021£11k£4k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE COMPREHENSIVE STUDY, PRACTICE AND PERFORMANCE OF CHORAL WORKS IN ORDER TO FOSTER PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF SUCH MUSIC BY MEANS OF PUBLIC PERFORMANCES.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

6 trustees on the board

4.2y median 4y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

1
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 6

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£22k latest income
Qualified
Auditor's opinioniAuditor's opinionThe accounts_qualified flag on the latest filed annual return is True - the auditor qualified their opinion. A register flag, shown as filed.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
274005
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION AND RULES AS AMENDED ON 8TH FEBRUARY 1977 AND ON 3 FEBRUARY 1987, AND AS AMENDED ON 22 SEPTEMBER 1992 AND 12TH MAY 1998 AND 26 JANUARY 1999 AND 16TH JANUARY 2001. as amended on 13 Sep 2022
Contact on the register
01795472266 · brian.jemmett@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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